Commencement of 1st APLP class to be held in youth conference

CAIRO - 29 July 2019: The National Youth Conference, to be held for the first time in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) on Sunday, will include the commencement of the first class of the African Presidential Leadership Program (APLP).

The seventh edition of the conference will include 1,500 youth participants from all 27 governorates. Those represent university students, political parties, the Presidential Leadership Program (PLP), outstanding youth in different fields, and youth who registered online.

The event will run for two days and will be attended by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. The event is typically attended by ministers, public figures, media people, African ambassadors, and Egyptian senior officials.

Following the opening session, two Egyptian State Model sessions will be held. On the second and last day, the African Presidential Leadership Program (APLP) will celebrate the graduation of the first African youth class encompassing citizens from 29 African states.

Later on, the first conference of “Dignified Life” initiative, aimed at the eradication of poverty, will take place. Before the closing session, “Ask the President” session will be held.

The sixth National youth Conference was held on July 28, 2018 in Cairo University, and was attended by up to 3,000 young people. The theme was human development and education reforms.